PrintsDutch17th century

The Sitting Peasant and his Wife

17th century

Artists

Cornelis BegaArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 7.7 × 5 cm (3 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.) sheet: 7.8 × 5.2 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), Lurley and Devon, England, and Leeds, Massachusetts (Lugt 4473). [Artemis Fine Arts, London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1983, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

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